The notion that we are so cavalier -- our elected leaders, the president of the United States is so cavalier about those documents, puts our men and women in grave danger.

The Russians feel that the Black Sea is kind of their backyard pool, and no one including the United States should be playing in their pool.

It is irrelevant because he is responsible to the Commander-in-Chief to know.

The Russians can't be trusted to tell the truth and they can't be trusted in terms of international law, so can't be trusted, can't be believed.

I think General Clapper is absolutely correct in terms of making sure that Congress is on board.

I think we are sending a message to whoever sent this up, whether it was China or Russia, or some other country, if you invade in our airspace, we're going to take it out.

The Chinese have capability, the Russians have capability, which certainly intrudes upon our privacy. That's gone for all practical purposes, in terms of trying to hide things from them.

I think we would have because the first thing we need to do is number one, is the balloon a military or security threat? But number two, can we get information out of it before we destroy it? We don't know.

I think the first thing is to make sure it doesn't get out of this country. I think it has to be brought down under control, if at all possible.

Senator Tester is absolutely correct. He is approaching it the right way. Let's get some real answers here.

I think we have to take that into account, and then do what we can, to defend the Ukrainian people.